gedrap

64 ms·

631.
by gedrap 12y ago
Nope, and I am not saying I agree with that, it's just an old joke which isn't funny when everyone is saying it, and the person telling that shouldn't be taken seriously.
632.
by gedrap 12y ago
People are a big asset for Starbucks. They are trying to make a visit to SB a personal, warm experience. And the staff is key to that, they don't want grumpy and hate-this-job-a-lot people. Once when I was in SB, the doors to the perso
633.
by gedrap 12y ago
That wasn't his point, his point was employment of people with English, Philosophy, Business Management and similar degrees.
634.
by gedrap 12y ago
Thanks for opening up, I can relate to marriage-to-stay-together situation. I honestly hope you are feeling better. I upvoted because I feel like more people should see it. >>> Why was I down voted Don't worry, probably just s
635.
by gedrap 12y ago
So following the same thinking, we should burn the restaurants to the ground, because we can all cook, and we pay 10x more. Waste of money. We should also stop buying clothes at more expensive brands, because Primark clothes are also wearab
636.
by gedrap 12y ago
It would probably do more harm than use. People would stop developing for FxOS because developing for Android would have a wider reach. Another reason is that, while I am not very familiar with internals, I think running FxOS app on Android
637.
by gedrap 12y ago
>>> combining trips of 2 passengers(or more) who seek a trip from similar starting locations to similar destinations. I think this is a totally different business modal. I am not sure if many customers would like sharing a cab with
638.
by gedrap 12y ago
This is a really great post. We are talking a lot about regulations, consumers but it's the first time I see a post about the drivers themselves. As it is correctly identified by the OP, it's the main and only asset for Uber. That
639.
by gedrap 12y ago
Fair points. I just disagree with >>> I don't think it's appropriate to allocate all of an auto's expenses as "business" since it's almost always a personal car. While it is a personal car, a full-tim
640.
by gedrap 12y ago
So what solution are you suggesting to this? The real problem is trustworthy BTC -> USD. Expedia can't pay their employees with BTC, and the executives don't want their bonuses in BTC either. Coinbase is a solution to this prob
641.
by gedrap 12y ago
>> "Hotels are big portals between the black and white worlds". When I read that, I thought of people making trips that they would prefer no one finding out about. Affairs, etc. I guess that's also a legitimate use case
642.
by gedrap 12y ago
>>> And if you click the star a second time it tags it as "this recipe must not include this ingredient" And this is a prime example why icons without labels (in this app, there are no tooltips either which is even worse)
643.
by gedrap 12y ago
In my university (Manchester, UK) there's a whole year course in the first year when you are assigned to a group of people and you have to make a website, anything you can come up with. Every year, someone makes a web site for searchin
644.
by gedrap 12y ago
Yeah that's true. It's a bit like Industrial Revolution, when workers were breaking and burning machines. Progress has a cost, and it's not completely morally right in this case. But drivers, companies and governments are pic
645.
by gedrap 12y ago
Yeah, exactly. We almost live in computers, most of our friends and colleagues do, but there are so many people for who computer is just a black box. And there is nothing to be angry about. You don't want car mechanic, or plumber to be
646.
by gedrap 12y ago
That's just a guess, but maybe good lawyers combined with slow bureaucratic processes?
647.
by gedrap 12y ago
>>>> Black cab driver Bernie Doyle, 68, said: "<..> I've been driving 42 years and I'm not about to see my trade go down the pan." And that is the problem, Mr Doyle. The world has changed a lot in 42 ye
648.
by gedrap 12y ago
From our perspective - yes, that's pretty silly. But we are different, we are extremely far from the majority. For many many people, computer is just a box for writing stuff in MS Word and watching porn.
649.
by gedrap 12y ago
Well, it shouldn't do that automatically, as you might just genuinely try to run FF while it's running by mistake. But a button to do kill would be nice.
650.
by gedrap 12y ago
While it's quite off topic, what's with FF version numbers? I mean just a few years back it was FF 3, 4, 5, and while I am not using it daily, I don't think it's a major change every time. I guess my kids are going to us
651.
by gedrap 12y ago
But aren't you risking to get sued by doing that? I think almost all job contracts include a clause stating that any paid work outside the company is allowed with written permission only (or, worse, everything produced belongs to the c
652.
by gedrap 12y ago
That would be true in an ideal world, with no greed and where every employee loves his company. But in our world, dealing this way might get nasty with some people. "Pay me $$$ or I am leaving for XYZ tomorrow". Wouldn't cal
653.
by gedrap 12y ago
That's a good point. The problem is applying noncompete clause to every employee of the company, regardless of their position. I guess enforcing noncompete is just easier than NDA because it might be very hard, if not impossible, to pr
654.
by gedrap 12y ago
Some people say what's the point of that. Well, assuming the twitter user is brand/product/company, organic followers equal to potential users. And if the fake followers help to get the organic followers (oh this brand has 50
655.
by gedrap 12y ago
Can you give more context/information? I understand that he was fired for dropping the C bomb but couldn't find more from his twitter profile.
656.
by gedrap 12y ago
Great tip. I felt tempted to try AirBNB many times but I just didn't feel comfortable with that. I guess geeky social awkwardness was taking over :)
657.
by gedrap 12y ago
Don't want to be THAT guy but... OK so she sent(sorry, spammed) an identical email to 162 people and got 15 interviews. Which is 10% and well, it's pretty bad. Since when spamming is HN worthy? :(
658.
by gedrap 12y ago
Oh yeah. What amuses me even more is people finding a link to Onion-style blog post and not realising that it's parody/sarcasm/whatever (e.g. Swedish House Mafia is sued by Swedish Mafia for copyright infringement). Sometimes
659.
by gedrap 12y ago
And maybe a story for homepage? ;) It's surely more engaging than a list of new users (which, honestly, I don't care and don't think anyone cares outside 'getting on HN front page got him X sign ups'). Although... I
660.
by gedrap 12y ago
Well, it's Wired. You shouldn't be surprised, as it's how the do it all the time :)

More ›